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09 Aug 2020

NASA's spacecraft gets ready for touching asteroid Bennu for sample collection

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft is getting ready for its final rehearsal before landing on the surface of asteroid Bennu to grab a sample from the surface of the space rock. It is to be noted that OSIRIS-REx has been orbiting Bennu since 2018 and it is first asteroid-sampling spacecraft of the NASA. The spacecraft would practice its touchdown sequence on August 11.

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10 Feb 2017

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft begins search for Earth's Trojan asteroids

The mission, currently on a two-year outbound cruise to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu, will spend almost two weeks searching for evidence of these small bodies, the US space agency NASA said on Thursday.

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18 Jan 2017

It's confirmed: NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully executes first deep space maneuver

The engine burn sets up the spacecraft for an Earth gravity assist this fall as it continues its two-year journey to the asteroid Bennu.

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11 Oct 2016

NASA probe tests thrusters on journey to asteroid Bennu

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) thrusters for the first time last week in order to slightly adjust its trajectory on the outbound journey from Earth to Bennu.

09 Sep 2016

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft lifts off to sample asteroid Bennu - Watch!

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifted off at 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

08 Sep 2016

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft poised for sampling run to asteroid Bennu!(Watch trailer)

Bolted to the top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will lift off on September 8, 2016, at 7:05 p.m. EDT, from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

07 Sep 2016

NASA's asteroid sample return mission set for Thursday launch

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, is slated to lift off atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket Thursday at 7:05 p.m. EDT, from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

26 Jul 2016

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to map surface of asteroid 'Bennu' – Watch video!

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, equipped with an instrument, will measure the spectral signatures of Bennu's mineralogical and molecular components.

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